Trev Thomas

in my opinion, from a northern / rare soul point of view it has to be butch, most of the others who people class as great only did it for a short period before moving on to other things, butch on the other hand has been top of the tree from the mid 80's to the present day, and before he started d.j'ing regulary he was supplying many of the top d.j's with records, 30 years of turning up top notch unknown sounds is some mean achievment others who have brought great listening pleasure into my life over the years are ian clark dave greet rob marriott sam searling ady croasdell arthur fenn mark bicknell (when he's not retired) gary rushbrook carl fortnum dave thorley pete widdison shay richardson keb darge guy hennighan

luckily, we were in front row of the circle so saw everything, if i'd been down in the stalls i dont think i would have stood a chance, i was only 11 at the time,

saw them in 1974 at southampton , bloody awesome

i mentioned in the previous thread that i had a wd in the early 80's

free tables for records, and a skip for all the other shite

quotations - i dont have to worry - di-venus near mint £150 inc post

ramona collins - you've been cheating - clarks long and short intros emanuel laskey - dont lead me on - thelma 2 different takes showmen - our love will grow - swan piano intro strings intro syl johnson - do you know what love is - special agent 2 or 3 different takes lashawn collins - sincere 2 or 3 different takes sonny fishback - heartbreakin man - out a site 2 different takes

brooky, have you ever bought a record you actually liked

brilliant, it costs £20 for a carver and ten bob for a lazer copy of a label, i take my hat off to the seller, he sells half a dozen of these and he's got enough cash to buy a real one, i think i'm in the wrong line of work

two different takes on original thelma, both with girls, the take without girls was pressed in the 90's from unissued master tape, wrongly credited to emanuel laskey, if i remember rightly its actually billy kennedy

i take it your ears are painted on

joe valentine - i lost the only love i had - val m- £150 soul bros six - ill be loving you - uk atlantic vg++ £50 duke turner - (let me be your) baby sitter - spinning top vg+ £30 message untold - i can feel the change in love - padang m- £250 sold c.o.d's - im a good guy - kellmac m- £10 topics - try a little love - heavy duty vg+ £20 debbie taylor - just dont pay - arista vg+ £25 sold june conquest - all i need - windy c vg+ £15 syl forman - before i leave you baby - mango vg £20 pendulum swingers (case band) - never should have loved you baby - pendulum swingers vg £40 gail anderson - be proud (youre in love) - salvador wd vg £100 brewster crew - im one who know - lifeline vg+ £40 united four - one more year - harthon vg £50 fabulous four - if i knew - saintmo m- £50 chimes - beginning of my life - down to earth vg dirty label £15 lenny williams - choosing you - abc wd m- £12 bobby womack - across 110th street - ua m- £15 sold smokey robinson - i care about detroit - standard groove vg name written on b side label £30 sold little charles & sidewinders - talkin about you babe - decca vg £60 ambassadors - storm warning - arctic vg++ £50 sold remarkables - is the feeling still there - audio arts vg+ £30 soul twins - shes the one - back beat vg £25 graded in accordance with site grading system Edited by trev thomas, 12 June 2012 - 10:37 AM. Quote Reply MultiQuote Edit Report

how can it be the cleanest copy i'll ever see if its warped ?????

jimmy burns on grapevine is a bootleg, bobby james who owns the rights to it was totally unaware of any u.k. release and he certainly never recieved any royalties from grapevine

there was a few on ebay last year keanya collins and a couple of others

this side starting to pick up plays,

couple more tommy tate - i'm taking on pain / are you from heaven jimmy wallace - i'll be back roosevelt matthews - you got me digging you

what a great story, he sounds like a very interesting man who's had a very eventful life

i saw tony banks collection after he died, impressive by early 70's standards loads of british demos, but not too many u.s. things that would get you overly excited, this thread is totally pointless, how can you define what the best collection is, or who owns it, having said that i bet steve luigi probably has one of the best collections of bootlegs in the world

george blackwell - mr loser jimmy norman - this i beg of you freddie houston - if i had known

i had a copy of this on tamla, bought it at the 100 club around 1987 / 8 ish for a couple of quid, sold it at the griffin nighter 1992 ish for 20 quid, it wasn't until john manship put a copy up for auction that i realised how rare it was, oh well, you win some, you lose some

all the venues i attend are "friendly" however , i dont want other peoples kids there, its a adult environment, you could always do what i did, if i couldnt get a baby sitter i didnt go out, thats the sacrifices that most responsible parents make, regards your comment of making the mistake of putting soul source and friendly in the same sentence, its a discussion forum, you asked a question and i gave my opinion, thats how it works

to be honest i think butch would eclipse tim

if there aged nine and twelve you should be taking them to alton towers, not dragging them to a frigging soul night,get a grip ffs, broken britain rears its ugly head again